health care workers
CDC’s New Guidance for Health Care Workers
Last Friday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance for several COVID-19 pandemic infection control recommendations in health care delivery settings. The new guidance does away with the vaccination status of health care workers when determining whether to screen them for COVID-19, quarantine those workers, or employ “source control” measures such as […]
Read MoreOSHA Public Hearing on COVID-19 Health Care Rulemaking
On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an interim final rule establishing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect healthcare and health care support service workers from occupational exposure to COVID-19 in settings where people with COVID-19 are reasonably expected to be present (86 FR 32376). The ETS took effect […]
Read MoreOSHA Public Hearing on COVID-19 Health Care Rulemaking
On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an interim final rule establishing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect healthcare and health care support service workers from occupational exposure to COVID-19 in settings where people with COVID-19 are reasonably expected to be present (86 FR 32376). The ETS took effect […]
Read MoreOSHA Public Hearing on COVID-19 Health Care Rulemaking
On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an interim final rule establishing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect healthcare and health care support service workers from occupational exposure to COVID-19 in settings where people with COVID-19 are reasonably expected to be present (86 FR 32376). The ETS took effect […]
Read MoreDept of Labor to Educate Care Industry on Wage Laws
March 23, 2022 10AM to Noon Eastern Register to attend As part of U.S. Department of Labor efforts to build better jobs and increase pay equity, the department’s Wage and Hour Division regional office in Chicago will host a webinar, “Midwest Care Workers Summit 2022,” on March 23, 2022. The virtual summit brings together industry stakeholders from […]
Read MoreDept of Labor to Educate Health Care Industry on Wage Laws
March 23, 2022 10AM to Noon Eastern Register to attend As part of U.S. Department of Labor efforts to build better jobs and increase pay equity, the department’s Wage and Hour Division regional office in Chicago will host a webinar, “Midwest Care Workers Summit 2022,” on March 23, 2022. The virtual summit brings together industry stakeholders from […]
Read MoreDept of Labor to Educate Health Care Industry on Wage Laws
March 23, 2022 10AM to Noon Eastern Register to attend As part of U.S. Department of Labor efforts to build better jobs and increase pay equity, the department’s Wage and Hour Division regional office in Chicago will host a webinar, “Midwest Care Workers Summit 2022,” on March 23, 2022. The virtual summit brings together industry stakeholders from […]
Read MoreHouse Passes Bill to Improve Health Care Worker Well-Being
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 1667), legislation to fund programs to improve the well-being and mental health of health care workers, including proivders of home-based care. This legislation is motivated at least in part by concern about the unprecedented stress and burnout health care workers have […]
Read MoreHouse Passes Bill to Improve Health Care Worker Well-Being
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 1667), legislation to fund programs to improve the well-being and mental health of health care workers, including proivders of home-based care. This legislation is motivated at least in part by concern about the unprecedented stress and burnout health care […]
Read MoreOSHA’s COVID -19 Standards: What Home Care Providers Need to Know
Thursday, September 23, 2021 3:00-4:00pm Eastern Free to all REGISTER The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) will present an important new webinar, OSHA COVID -19 Standards: What Home Health, Home Care, and Hospice Providers Need to Know, on Thursday, September 23, 2021 Description: As per President Biden’s Executive Order to protect health care […]
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